"The Lord's Spirit has come to me,
because he has chosen me."

Jesus returned to Galilee with the power of the Spirit.  News about him spread everywhere.  He taught in the Jewish meeting places, and everyone praised him.

Jesus went back to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and as usual he went to the meeting place on the Sabbath.  When he stood up to read from the Scriptures, he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet.  He opened it and read,

"The Lord's Spirit has come to me, because he has chosen me to tell the good news to the poor.  The Lord has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners, to give sight to the blind, to free everyone who suffers, and to say, 'This is the year the Lord has chosen.'"

Jesus closed the book, then handed it back to the man in charge and sat down.  Everyone in the meeting place looked straight at Jesus.

                                                                                         Luke 4:14-20

Contemporary English Version The Holy Bible (New York , NY: American Bible Society 1995)